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14 .TH SLEEP 1 "Nov 20, 2007"
15 .SH NAME
16 sleep \- suspend execution for an interval
17 .SH SYNOPSIS
18 .SS "/usr/bin/sleep"
19 .LP
20 .nf
21 \fB/usr/bin/sleep\fR \fIseconds\fR
22 .fi
23
24 .SS "ksh93"
25 .LP
26 .nf
27 \fBsleep\fR \fIseconds\fR
28 .fi
29
30 .SH DESCRIPTION
31 .sp
32 .LP
33 \fBsleep\fR suspends execution for at least the time in seconds specified by
34 \fIseconds\fR or until a \fBSIGALRM\fR signal is received. The \fIseconds\fR
102 \fBExample 3 \fRSuspend command execution forever (or until a \fBSIGALRM\fR
103 signal is received)
104 .sp
105 .in +2
106 .nf
107 example% sleep Inf
108 .fi
109 .in -2
110 .sp
111
112 .LP
113 \fBExample 4 \fRSuspending command execution for 0.5 seconds
114 .sp
115 .LP
116 Suspending command execution for 0.5 seconds using an alternative
117 floating-point representation for the value "0.5"
118
119 .sp
120 .in +2
121 .nf
122 example% printf "%a\n" 0.5
123 0x1.0000000000000000000000000000p-01
124 .fi
125 .in -2
126 .sp
127
128 .sp
129 .in +2
130 .nf
131 example% sleep 0x1.0000000000000000000000000000p-01
132 .fi
133 .in -2
134 .sp
135
136 .SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
137 .sp
138 .LP
139 See \fBenviron\fR(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables
140 that affect the execution of \fBsleep\fR: \fBLANG\fR, \fBLC_ALL\fR,
141 \fBLC_CTYPE\fR, \fBLC_MESSAGES\fR, and \fBNLSPATH\fR.
142 .SH EXIT STATUS
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1 '\" te
2 .\" Copyright (c) 2007, Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved Portions
3 .\" Copyright 1989 AT&T
4 .\" Portions Copyright (c) 1982-2007 AT&T Knowledge Ventures
5 .\" Portions Copyright (c) 1992, X/Open Company Limited All Rights Reserved
6 .\" Sun Microsystems, Inc. gratefully acknowledges The Open Group for permission to reproduce portions of its copyrighted documentation. Original documentation from The Open Group can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/bookstore/.
7 .\" The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and The Open Group, have given us permission to reprint portions of their documentation. In the following statement, the phrase "this text" refers to portions of the system documentation. Portions of this text
8 .\" are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form in the Sun OS Reference Manual, from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2004 Edition, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2004 by the Institute of Electrical
9 .\" and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between these versions and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html.
10 .\" This notice shall appear on any product containing this material.
11 .\" The contents of this file are subject to the terms of the Common Development and Distribution License (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy of the license at usr/src/OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE or http://www.opensolaris.org/os/licensing.
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13 .\" the fields enclosed by brackets "[]" replaced with your own identifying information: Portions Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner]
14 .TH SLEEP 1 "Sep 10, 2013"
15 .SH NAME
16 sleep \- suspend execution for an interval
17 .SH SYNOPSIS
18 .SS "/usr/bin/sleep"
19 .LP
20 .nf
21 \fB/usr/bin/sleep\fR \fIseconds\fR
22 .fi
23
24 .SS "ksh93"
25 .LP
26 .nf
27 \fBsleep\fR \fIseconds\fR
28 .fi
29
30 .SH DESCRIPTION
31 .sp
32 .LP
33 \fBsleep\fR suspends execution for at least the time in seconds specified by
34 \fIseconds\fR or until a \fBSIGALRM\fR signal is received. The \fIseconds\fR
102 \fBExample 3 \fRSuspend command execution forever (or until a \fBSIGALRM\fR
103 signal is received)
104 .sp
105 .in +2
106 .nf
107 example% sleep Inf
108 .fi
109 .in -2
110 .sp
111
112 .LP
113 \fBExample 4 \fRSuspending command execution for 0.5 seconds
114 .sp
115 .LP
116 Suspending command execution for 0.5 seconds using an alternative
117 floating-point representation for the value "0.5"
118
119 .sp
120 .in +2
121 .nf
122 example% printf "%a\en" 0.5
123 0x1.0000000000000000000000000000p-01
124 .fi
125 .in -2
126 .sp
127
128 .sp
129 .in +2
130 .nf
131 example% sleep 0x1.0000000000000000000000000000p-01
132 .fi
133 .in -2
134 .sp
135
136 .SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
137 .sp
138 .LP
139 See \fBenviron\fR(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables
140 that affect the execution of \fBsleep\fR: \fBLANG\fR, \fBLC_ALL\fR,
141 \fBLC_CTYPE\fR, \fBLC_MESSAGES\fR, and \fBNLSPATH\fR.
142 .SH EXIT STATUS
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